Cholesterol affects African swine fever virus infection [PDF]
African swine fever virus (ASFV) enters cells by receptor mediated endocytosis and requires a fusion event between the viral envelope and the limiting membrane of the endosome at low pH. In order to investigate the role of cholesterol in the early stages
Bernardes, C. +3 more
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Transmission of pathogens by "Stomoxys flies (Diptera, Muscidae): a review [PDF]
Les stomoxes sont des vecteurs mécaniques de pathogènes présents dans le sang et les tissus cutanés de leurs hôtes, spécialement le bétail, mais aussi parfois les humains.
Baldacchino, Frédéric +5 more
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Pathways for entry of livestock arboviruses into Great Britain : assessing the strength of evidence [PDF]
The emergence of bluetongue virus and Schmallenberg virus in Great Britain (GB) during the last decade has highlighted the need for understanding the relative importance of the various pathways of the entry of livestock arboviruses so as to help focus ...
Gale, P., Kelly, Louise, Snary, E.L.
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Expression of viral and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) antigens and localization of T cells and macrophages was studied in frozen tissue sections of spleens taken from normal pigs or from pigs inoculated with highly virulent Lisbon 60 (L60), or with moderately virulent Dominican Republic 1978 (DR-II), African swine fever virus (ASFV) isolates ...
González-Juarrero, M. +3 more
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Attenuated African swine fever viruses and the live vaccine candidates: a comprehensive review
The African swine fever virus (ASFV) is spreading worldwide and causing huge economic losses to the global pig industry. The ASFV genome is 170–193 kb in length, contains approximately 150 open reading frames, and encodes more than 200 proteins, most of ...
Jiaqi Fan +4 more
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Comparison of three methods to assess the potential for bushpig-domestic pig interactions at the wildlife—livestock interface in Uganda [PDF]
Bushpigs (Potamochoerus larvatus) are considered a nuisance to farmers because of their crop raiding habits. Through their incursions into farmlands, they may interact with free-ranging domestic pigs and potentially cause transmission of infectious ...
Etter, Eric +7 more
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Use of H-Index and other bibliometric indicators to evaluate research productivity outcome on swine diseases [PDF]
H-index is the most commonly applied tool to evaluate scientific productivity. In this study, the use of the H-index to evaluate scientific production in swine veterinary medicine was explored.
Cortey, Martí +4 more
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Cryo-electron tomography of isolated african swine fever virus (ASFV)
Resumen del trabajo presentado en el X Congreso Nacional de Virología, celebrado en Salamanca (España) del 21 al 24 de julio de 2009. African swine fever virus (ASFV) is a large nucleocytoplasmic DNA virus that shares the icosahedrical symmetry of iridoviruses and the complex genomic organization of the poxvirus, and it is actually the only member of ...
Chichón, Francisco Javier +5 more
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La peste porcina africana (PPA) es una enfermedad hemorrágica altamente contagiosa, letal y económicamente devastadora de los cerdos domésticos. Los conocimientos sobre la dinámica y la escala de la transmisión del virus se pueden obtener a partir de estimaciones del número de reproducción básico (R0). Estimamos R0 para el virus de la PPA en un sistema
Mike B. Barongo +9 more
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Is Ornithodoros erraticus able to transmit the Georgia2007/1 African Swine Fever virus isolate to domestic pigs? [PDF]
Objective: African swine fever, one of the most devastating diseases affecting wild and domestic swine, is due to a large DNA virus, only member of the Asfarviridae family.
Bernard, Jennifer +6 more
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